Bureau Activities

Laws and Regulations

HHM Laws and Regulations

• Maximum Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2025

• Maximum Rate Tariff Archive
  • Maximum Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2024
  • Maximum Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2023
  • Maximum Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2022
  • Maximum Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2021
  • Maximum Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2020
  • Maximum Rate Tariff, effective January 1, 2019

• HHM Laws and Regulations, revision January 2025
• HFTI Laws and Regulations, revision January 2025
• EAR Laws and Regulations, revision January 2024

Pending Actions and Opportunities for Public Participation

How to Participate

The Bureau is always interested in receiving suggestions, feedback and input from the public. We welcome commentary via mail, E-mail, fax, phone, or in person at any one of our public meetings. For further information on how to participate or to attend our public meetings, please visit our Advisory Council web page.

Submit Your Comments on Draft Regulations Here

Please visit our Proposed Regulations page to view regulations currently up for review. Please send your comments regarding proposed regulations by email or by fax at (916) 921-7279.

• Thermal Insulation Standards

  • Thermal Insulation Public Workshop- December 10, 2015
  • Thermal Insulation Public Workshop, Presentation Handout (Dec 10, 2015)
  • Thermal Insulation Public Workshop Minutes- December 10, 2015)
  • Proposed Language, Clean Copy (Oct 2015)
  • Proposed Language, Underline/Strikeout Version (Oct 2015)
  • Summary of Proposed Changes (Oct 2015)
  • Draft copy of the proposed Building Standards
  • Standards for Insulating materials

Completed Actions and Opportunities for Public Participation

• Barrier Study

  • Barrier Study Meeting Audio, August 2018
  • Barrier Study Meeting Agenda, August 2018
  • Summary Report of Barrier Research, August 2018
  • Barrier Study Cost-Benefit Analysis (Full Version), April 2018
  • Barrier Study Cost-Benefit Analysis (Symposium Version), June 2018
  • Barrier Study Cost-Benefit Analysis Simulation Spreadsheet, June 2018
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis Presentation, Advisory Council Meeting August 2, 2018
  • Proposed Standard: Open Flame Test for Barrier Materials
  • Work Plan for the Research Study
  • BHGS Regulations

• Sunset Review Reports

  • Sunset Review Report 2022
  • Sunset Review Report 2017
  • Sunset Review Report 2013
    • BHGS Response to Issues: 2014 Sunset Review

• Service Contract Working Group

  The Bureau will be forming a working group focused on the service contract industry to discuss and evaluate current marketplace trends, regulations and consumer protection issues. This working group will be meeting several times throughout the year to discuss the current practices and future of the industry. A final Report of Findings is tentatively scheduled for October 2016.

  SC Working Group Report Oct 2016

  Working Group Meetings

  • Working Group Agenda (September 8, 2016)
  • Working Group Agenda (June 8, 2016)
  • Working Group Agenda and Meeting Minutes (March 2, 2016)
  • Working Group Agenda and Meeting Minutes (October 22, 2015)

  EAR Reference Materials and Important Links

  • AB 2740 (Bonilla, Chapter 428, Statutes of 2014) – recommendation that the Bureau conduct a market assessment to determine if current statues and regulations reflect the needs of the markets.
  • Report - "Responses to Issues and Recommendations Pursuant to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services' 2014 Sunset Review" (July 2015)
  • Current Bureau Statute and Regulations
  • California Service Contract Legislative and Regulatory History
  • A Consumer Guide to Service Contracts
  • Report - The Service Contract Industry In California – Market Trends and Policy Issues (August 1999)
  • FTC.gov- Businessperson's Guide to Federal Warranty Law

• Outreach Plan

  • Outreach Plan 2016